Bracket 4 Toph Metalbender by Undiscripted

Format: Commander

Commander: Toph, the First Metalbender

Bracket: 4

DeckCheck Threat Index: 43

Deck overview

This Naya deck runs an aggressive land-animation strategy led by Toph, the First Metalbender. Toph converts all nontoken artifacts into lands while repeatedly using the Earthbend mechanic to turn lands into resilient 2/2 attackers that return to the battlefield tapped if destroyed or exiled. Early acceleration from Sol Ring, Birds of Paradise, and Spelunking quickly fuels mid-game engines like Solid Ground, Earthbender Ascension, and Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines. The deck transitions into decisive combat pressure using heavy hitters including Craterhoof Behemoth, Avatar Kyoshi, Earthbender, and Bumi, Unleashed. It also features an infinite combat loop between Ashaya, Soul of the Wild and Bumi, as Ashaya turns all creatures into Forest lands to satisfy Bumi's extra combat restriction. Backed by solid interaction, protection spells like Teferi's Protection and Heroic Intervention, and asymmetric denial via Mycosynth Lattice and Vandalblast, the deck reliably overwhelms opposing life totals.

Decklist (100 cards)

  • 1 Annie Joins Up
  • 1 Arcane Signet
  • 1 Ashaya, Soul of the Wild
  • 1 Avatar Kyoshi, Earthbender
  • 1 Ba Sing Se
  • 1 Badgermole Cub
  • 1 Beast Within
  • 1 Birds of Paradise
  • 1 Bountiful Promenade
  • 1 Brushland
  • 1 Bumi, Unleashed
  • 1 Buried Ruin
  • 1 Call Damage Control
  • 1 Chaos Warp
  • 1 Chromatic Lantern
  • 1 Command Tower
  • 1 Conduit of Worlds
  • 1 Craterclaw Colossus
  • 1 Craterhoof Behemoth
  • 1 Cycle of Renewal
  • 1 Delighted Halfling
  • 1 Dryad of the Ilysian Grove
  • 1 Earthbender Ascension
  • 1 Earthbending Student
  • 1 Elesh Norn, Mother of Machines
  • 1 Enlightened Tutor
  • 1 Evolution Sage
  • 1 Exploration
  • 1 Fabled Passage
  • 1 Famished Worldsire
  • 1 Finale of Devastation
  • 6 Forest
  • 1 Gamble
  • 1 Gardenize
  • 1 Generous Gift
  • 1 Hall of Echoes
  • 1 Harrow
  • 1 Haru, Hidden Talent
  • 1 Haunted Fengraf
  • 1 Heroic Intervention
  • 1 Kutzil, Malamet Exemplar
  • 1 Mikey & Leo, Chaos & Order
  • 1 Mind Stone
  • 2 Mountain
  • 1 Mycosynth Lattice
  • 1 Myriad Landscape
  • 1 Panharmonicon
  • 1 Path to Exile
  • 4 Plains
  • 1 Reliquary Tower
  • 1 Renegade Map
  • 1 Rustvale Bridge
  • 1 Sacred Foundry
  • 1 Seedborn Muse
  • 1 Shared Summons
  • 1 Smothering Tithe
  • 1 Sol Ring
  • 1 Solid Ground
  • 1 Spelunking
  • 1 Spinner of Souls
  • 1 Stomping Ground
  • 1 Stone by Sunlight
  • 1 Stroke of Midnight
  • 1 Sunpetal Grove
  • 1 Swords to Plowshares
  • 1 Sylvan Scrying
  • 1 Tectonic Split
  • 1 Teferi's Protection
  • 1 Temple Garden
  • 1 Terrasymbiosis
  • 1 The Arkenstone // Seek the Heart
  • 1 The Echoverse Fulcrum
  • 1 The Great Henge
  • 1 The Mycosynth Gardens
  • 1 The One Ring
  • 1 Thespian's Stage
  • 1 Thornglint Bridge
  • 1 Tireless Provisioner
  • 1 Tooth and Nail
  • 1 Toph, Earthbending Master
  • 1 Toph, Hardheaded Teacher
  • 1 Toph, the First Metalbender
  • 1 Treasure Vault
  • 1 Unwinding Clock
  • 1 Vandalblast
  • 1 Vesuva
  • 1 Winds of Abandon
  • 1 Windswept Heath
  • 1 Wooded Foothills
  • 1 Worldly Tutor
  • 1 Yavimaya, Cradle of Growth